Director, Accounting Operations

Special Olympics - Washington, DC

Full-time - Director

Washington, DC

Social Assistance

About the position

The Director, Accounting Operations is responsible for overseeing day-to-day transaction processing, recording, and reporting related to various entities and regional offices. This role involves leadership in technical accounting issues, internal controls documentation, and participation in the annual financial statement audit. The Director will also collaborate with Finance management to assess and implement business process improvements for enhanced efficiency and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistency in application of intercompany and regional accounting policies, practices, and underlying controls.
• Oversee the intercompany balances and prepare eliminating entries.
• Review journal entries and accounting treatment of leases, fixed assets, investments, and payroll accounting.
• Provide leadership over the process of allocating salary in the financial system and for budgetary purposes.
• Maintain process documentation for all key processes performed by accounting and finance staff and update on a regular basis.
• Review account reconciliations and analyses as directed (bank, subsidiary, general ledger, fixed assets, prepaids, etc.).
• Review journal entries and review accounting classifications in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Review and manage the work of the Manager, Payroll Accounting and Senior Accounting Manager; provide training and oversee growth and performance.
• Assist in the analysis and preparation of reports to be utilized in SOI's financial statements.
• Prepare annual cost allocations and monthly direct support cost allocations.
• Facilitate the day-to-day communication with department regarding audit requests and sample uploads; review documents prepared for interim and annual audit.
• In coordination with senior Finance staff, support SOI's monthly close process.
• Stay apprised of new and update accounting standards and facilitate the implementation as required, in coordination with Assistant Controller.
• Implement improvements to policies, procedures, internal controls, and tools that realize greater operating efficiencies and enhanced customer service support as directed by the Assistant Controller.
• Facilitate required accounting and financial management training for SOI/HQ and Regional Office staff.
• Develop and manage effective communication and planning systems and processes with client-Departments and other SOI Finance staff.
• Responsible for the effective completion of other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Active CPA license preferred.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience plus Five to Eight years of relevant work experience.
• Experience and/or coursework in GL accounting/reconciliations, financial statement preparation and analysis, budgeting, and client support is a plus.
• Public accounting audit experience strongly preferred.
• Microsoft Navision and Prophix experience desired.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups, filters, etc.) strongly preferred.
• Experience in key finance and accounting functions including payroll accounting, fixed assets, investments, leases, general ledger maintenance, budgeting, financial analysis, and strategic business decision support.
• Superior interpersonal abilities and supervisory skills; effective verbal and written communication skills; strong training and overall content facilitation skills are required.
• Ability to assess and resolve a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in public accounting audit is a plus.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Navision and Prophix is desired.